Leicester Tigers are the best supported club in Europe, even if a season of inconsistency saw them miss out on the Aviva Premiership play-offs.

Figures published by the Rugby Paper show that Tigers averaged 22,878 for their home league games at Welford Road during the 2017-18 season. Begles-Bordeaux, who had topped the list for the previous four seasons, were next with 22,000.

Premiership outfits Harlequins and Bath completed the top four with 18,856 and 18,527 respectively. Both of those figures were helped by moving a game apiece to Twickenham - Tigers were Bath's opponents, drawing 60,000 fans in early April to see a Leicester bonus-point win.

Elsewhere in the Midlands, on average Wasps attracted 17,140 to the Ricoh Arena, while a difficult season at Northampton Saints saw them pulling in an average of just 13,003, more than 2,000 down on the previous campaign.

The lowest average in the Premiership was at Sale Sharks, where there were 6,244 regulars at the AJ Bell Stadium. Across Europe, the lowest average was at Zebre in Italy, who attracted 2,926 per game.